Ecuador: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 60
- Consulates
- 16
- missions abroad
- 77
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 152
Live & travel in Ecuador
Monthly budget
$2,000/mo
Prices vs USA: 44%
Internet access
77%
of people online
Air quality
18.6
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Spanish
Emergency
911 · 102 · 131
Plug types
NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
Calling code
+593
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Aug 17, 2026
3.4
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.8
- Safety2.5
- Internet access3.7
- Air quality3.0
- Climate3.9
SOS · Ecuador911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in EcuadorColada morada · Fritada · Fanesca · Humita · Tostones
Government consensus
Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Feb 8, 2027 · Carnival
- Feb 9, 2027 · Shrove Tuesday
- Mar 25, 2027 · Maundy Thursday
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- May 24, 2027 · The Battle of Pichincha
Cities in Ecuador
Traveller essentials · Ecuador
- Emergency
- 911 · 102 · 131 · 101
- Calling code
- +593
- Currency
- USD
- Plug types
- NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Quito
- Time zone
- America/Guayaquil, Pacific/Galapagos
Foreign missions in Ecuador
AlgeriaQuito1ArgentinaQuito1AustraliaGuayaquil1BoliviaQuito1BrazilQuito1CanadaQuito1ChileQuito1ChinaQuito, Guayaquil2ColombiaQuito2Costa RicaQuito1CubaQuito1CzechiaQuito1Dominican RepublicQuito1EgyptQuito1El SalvadorQuito1FranceQuito1GermanyQuito2GuatemalaQuito1HaitiQuito1HondurasQuito1HungaryQuito1IndonesiaQuito1IranQuito1IsraelQuito1ItalyQuito2JapanQuito1LebanonQuito1MexicoQuito1NicaraguaQuito1PalestineQuito1PanamaQuito1ParaguayQuito1PeruQuito, Guayaquil, Loja, Ecuador5PhilippinesGuayaquil1PolandQuito1QatarQuito1RomaniaQuito1RussiaQuito1South KoreaQuito1SpainQuito, Guayaquil3SwedenQuito1SwitzerlandQuito1TürkiyeQuito1United KingdomQuito1United StatesQuito, Guayaquil3UruguayQuito1Vatican CityQuito1VenezuelaQuito1
Ecuador missions abroad
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels1BoliviaLa Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra2BrazilBrasília, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro3CanadaOttawa1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing1ColombiaBogotá2Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EgyptCairo1El SalvadorSan Salvador2EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart6GuatemalaGuatemala City1HondurasTegucigalpa1HungaryBudapest2IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan, Naples5JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaltaValletta1MexicoMexico City2Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NicaraguaManagua1PanamaPanama City1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima2PolandWarsaw1Puerto RicoGuaynabo1QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow1SerbiaBelgrade1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Málaga, Barcelona4SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern2TürkiyeAnkara1United KingdomLondon2United StatesWashington, D.C., Miami2UruguayMontevideo1VenezuelaCaracas1
Who can enter Ecuador without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Ecuador?
60 missions, 48 countries.
Emergency: Ecuador?
911, 102 (fire department), 131 (emergency medical services), 101 (police)
Who can enter Ecuador without a visa?
152: Algeria, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, and Belarus…